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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a typically cheerful woman in the church become morose?
(a) She must leave her house.
(b) She is losing her sight.
(c) Her husband has died.
(d) She learns that she has cancer.

2. What is Rick's attitude about life?
(a) Live each day to the fullest.
(b) Hey, we all gotta go someday.
(c) Why does crap only happen to me?
(d) Speak softly and carry a big stick.

3. What turns Anne's life around during college?
(a) She reads Kierkgaard's "Fear and Trembling."
(b) She gets a religious boyfriend.
(c) She has a great roommate.
(d) She takes a religion class.

4. What is common among the children of the sixties?
(a) Access to drugs and alcohol
(b) Bell-bottoms
(c) Long hair
(d) Music of British rock bands

5. What prompts the man to ask Anne if she is a born-again Christian?
(a) A book about Christianity in her lap
(b) Tiny, gold cross earrings
(c) A cross around her neck
(d) A Bible in her briefcase

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Anne think she is still so sad?

2. Where does Anne go when Rick takes Sam to school?

3. What does Anne recall about her final days with Pammy?

4. Where does Anne's family live during the time her parents' marriage is falling apart?

5. Why does Anne say she always prayed at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism Anne speaks of when she talks about "pieces of Pammy"?

2. How does Anne describe her church family?

3. Why does Anne admire a woman who rejects ministrations from the church elders?

4. What does Anne mean by "Traveling Mercies"?

5. One day Anne sits next to a man on a plane who notes the cross on a chain around Anne's neck and asks if she is a born-again Christian? How does Anne respond?

6. What role does alcohol play in Anne's home life?

7. Describe Anne's life at 28.

8. What happens to Anne's father when Anne is 23?

9. How might the example of Anne's stalled car be considered a traveling mercy?

10. How does Anne learn that she receives grace to overcome and endure?

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